Prolonged increase in T-cell receptor (TCR) variant fractions of spleen T lymphocytes in pregnant mice after γ irradiation

Radiation Research

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-86

  Igari, Yuka ^a,c   Igari, Kazuyuki ^a,d   Kunugita, Naoki ^b   Ootsuyama, Akira ^a   Norimura, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPLEEN;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34548593933     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR0288.1     Document Type: Article

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